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EP0368475A2
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Interactive video system
Assignee: Coats Viyella PLC
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Filing: 1989-10-09
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2009-10-09
Abstract
Abstract An interactive video system for retailing merchandise comprises a database containing data relating to the merchandise, an image store storing images of the merchandise, image retrieval and display means for retrieving and displaying images from the image store, and a control arrangement interconnecting the database, the image store and the image retrieval and display means and having an operator input arrangement and an information output arrangement additional to the image display means. The information output can be a digitised voice reproducing arrangement which outputs stored voice information relevant to an image being currently displayed.
Inventors
- 👤 Gordon Hugh Donald
- 👤 Jeffrey Lindsay Hewitt
- 👤 George Assousa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 22:39
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/16; G06Q; G06Q10/00; G06Q10/08; G06Q10/087; G06Q10/0872; G06Q10/08726; G06Q10/0874; G06Q10/0877; G07; G07F; G07F7/00; G07G; G07G1/00; G09; G09B; G09B5/00; G09B5/08; G09B5/14
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
60 words
An interactive video system for retailing merchandise characterised by comprising : a database containing data relating to said merchandise; an image store storing images of said merchandise; a control arrangement interconnecting said database, said image store and said image retrieval and display means and having an operator input arrangement and an information output arrangement additional to said image display means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
60 words
An interactive video system for retailing merchandise characterised by comprising : a database containing data relating to said merchandise; an image store storing images of said merchandise; a control arrangement interconnecting said database, said image store and said image retrieval and display means and having an operator input arrangement and an information output arrangement additional to said image display means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
A system according to claim 1, characterised in that the said information output arrangement comprises a digitised voice reproducing arrangement.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
A system according to claim 2, characterised in that the digitised voice reproducing arrangement is under the control of the said control arrangement so as to output stored voice information relevant to an image being currently displayed.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
29 words
A system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterised in that the control arrangement includes a touch screen arrangement and the images include touch screen "keys".
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
A system according to claim 4, characterised in that one of the "keys" comprises a "voice repeat" key touching which causes a section of voice information to be repeated.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
31 words
A system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterised in that voice information is divided into complete messages and the control arrangement is inoperable to interrupt a message.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
20 words
A system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterised by having more than one operator input arrangement.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
15 words
A system according to claim 7, characterised in that one input comprises an alphanumeric keyboard.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
54 words
A system according to claim 7 or claim 8, of which one input comprises a bar code reader and the system includes printed matter carrying visual information representative of sections of the database and image store and bar codes coding for such sections whereby such sections can be accessed by the bar code reader.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
A system according to claim 9, characterised in that the printed matter comprises cards and the bar code reader is a swipe reader.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
30 words
A system according to claim 9 or claim 10, characterised in that the printed matter comprises books, brochures, catalogues and the like and the bar code reader comprises a wand.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
21 words
A system according to any one of claims 7 to 11, characterised in that one input comprises a "smart card" reader.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
22 words
A system according to claim 12, characterised in that the "smart card" reader is operable to handle transaction data from customers' cards.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
72 words
A system according to claim 11 or claim 12, characterised in that the "smart card" reader is operable to handle retail staff operator training by keying the system into operator training mode and recording in the "smart card" memory details of training successfully completed for a particular oeprator and, for such details, to activate the system to begin a new training session having regard to the recorded data on training successfully completed.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
23 words
A system according to any one of claims 1 to 14, characterised by comprising recorder means for recording details of a retailing session.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
16 words
A system according to claim 15, characterised by said recorder means comprising a video cassette recorder.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
46 words
A system according to claim 15 or claim 16, characterised in that the control arrangement includes a "session" memory in which image pointers are stored during a session for recall at the end of a session to rerun the program for input to the recorder means.
Claim 19
Independent Claim
17 words
A system according to any one of claims 1 to 17, characterised by including cash till means.
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